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Contributor I
Feb 13, 2026 10:01 AM UTC

Adding year of release to the SONOS app?

Hi SONOS

 

Is it possible that you can add information about the year a song or album was released when it opens, that's a feature YouSee has in their app that is really good and I miss it in your app?

 

Best regards from a happy user of your fantastic products. :)

Stephan

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106rallye
Feb 13, 2026 2:11 PM UTC

As I understand it the respective music service is responsible for what is showing in the Sonos app. What service is it that you’d want this from?

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jgatie
Feb 13, 2026 2:18 PM UTC

I concur with ​@106rallye, the individual services are in charge of how their content is displayed in the Sonos app.

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Airgetlam
Feb 13, 2026 3:30 PM UTC

Is the functionality built in to SMAPI?

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Bruce
jgatie
Feb 13, 2026 3:41 PM UTC

Is the functionality built in to SMAPI?

 

It’s listed as part of a mediaCollection object, which can be an album, among other media types.  However, the description seems to indicate it is only used for podcasts.

 

https://docs.sonos.com/docs/smapi-object-types

 

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MoPac
Headliner III
Feb 13, 2026 6:54 PM UTC

 How about for well tagged local music?

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jgatie
Feb 13, 2026 7:25 PM UTC

 How about for well tagged local music?

 

Not there for local libraries, either for display or sorting.

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Contributor I
Feb 13, 2026 9:45 PM UTC

​@106rallye ​@Manaf3ue 

In this case it is not correct, because when I use the YouSee app directly on phones, then the information about the release year is there.

But it may be that the SONOS app does not support/retrieve the information from a Danish provider's app.

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Airgetlam
Feb 13, 2026 9:58 PM UTC

​@Stephan-H_Dk 

Most streamers use a different source/portal/server to feed the Sonos stream, both as the SMAPI needs to be there, and many track ‘source of streams’ in that manner, so what shows up on their own application on your device may not be the same data sent to Sonos. 

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Bruce
controlav
Lead Maestro
Feb 14, 2026 1:47 PM UTC

Is the functionality built in to SMAPI?

 

It’s listed as part of a mediaCollection object, which can be an album, among other media types.  However, the description seems to indicate it is only used for podcasts.

 

https://docs.sonos.com/docs/smapi-object-types

 

Indeed, I have only seen this data on podcasts, from the BBC, and Sonos do show it.

Of course if it was more widely provided/displayed, customers would immediately ask for the ability to sort the results, which is a challenge for larger lists.

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Corry P
Sonos Staff
Feb 18, 2026 8:26 AM UTC

Hi ​@Stephan-H_Dk 

Welcome to the Sonos Community!

Thank you - I've marked this thread as a feature request and it will be seen by the relevant teams for consideration. Keep the ideas coming!

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